[Sửa]Close (by or at hand), not far (off or away), nearby,nigh, in or into the vicinity or neighbourhood, within (easy)reach: Draw near and listen to my tale.
[Sửa]Close, imminent, immediate, impending, looming,coming, approaching, forthcoming; in the offing, at hand: Wehope to settle the pollution problem in the near future. Thetime is near for me to go. 5 nearby, close, adjacent, next-door,close-by, adjoining, abutting, neighbouring, contiguous: Mynearest neighbours live a mile away.
[Sửa]Stingy, mean, niggardly,miserly, parsimonious, penurious, cheap, penny-pinching,cheese-paring, selfish, close, tight-fisted, close-fisted: Heis so near he begrudged me even a cup of tea.
[Sửa]Close,intimate, connected, related, attached: In case of emergency,list the name and address of a near relative.
[Sửa]Close, narrow,hairbreadth: Although I escaped, it was a near thing.
[Sửa]Close to, in the vicinity or neighbourhood of, nextto, adjacent to, within reach of, within a mile of; a stone'sthrow from, not far (away) from: She wouldn't allow the doctorto come near her. I live near the railway.
[Sửa]Approach, draw near or nigh, come close or closer,verge on, approximate on, lean towards: As summer nears, Ithink of going on holiday. The ship neared port. His estimate isbeginning to near mine.
[Sửa]Archaicparsimoniously; meanly (lives very near).
[Sửa]Prep. (compar. &superl. also used) 1 to or at a short distance (in space, time,condition, or resemblance) from (stood near the back; occursnearer the end; the sun is near setting).
[Sửa](in comb.) a thatis almost (near-hysterical; a near-Communist). b intended as asubstitute for; resembling (near-beer).
[Sửa]Tr. approach;draw near to (neared the harbour).
[Sửa]Intr. draw near (coulddistinguish them as they neared).
[Sửa]Inthe immediate future. the Near East the region comprising thecountries of the eastern Mediterranean. Near Eastern of theNear East. near go colloq. a narrow escape. near the knucklecolloq. verging on the indecent. near miss 1 (of a bomb etc.)close to the target.
[Sửa]A situation in which a collision isnarrowly avoided.
[Sửa](of an attempt) almost but not quitesuccessful. near sight esp. US = short sight. near thing anarrow escape. near upon archaic not far in time from.
[Sửa]Nearish adj. nearness n. [ME f. ON n‘r, orig. compar. of n = OE neah NIGH]
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